Memorial

Book of Remembrance 1914-18 St. Oswald

West Hartlepool

Memorial Name: Book of Remembrance 1914-18 St. Oswald (W111.032)

NEWMP Ref No.: W111.032

Parish: West Hartlepool

Original Location:

St. Oswald’s Church, Brougham Terrace.

Which War:

1914-18

Inscription:

On case
 St. Oswald’s Church
This case contains a lasting record of the
Sailors and Soldiers belonging to St. Oswald’s
District, who, for Country, for Home and for us
gave their lives in the Great War 1914 – 1919.
Responsible people desiring a closer inspection
of the book, may obtain a key from the vicar
or either of the wardens.

In book
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Greater
love
hath no man
than this
The souls of the righteous
are in the hand of
God.

To the
glory of
God
and in loving and
grateful memory of
those who for Country
for Home and for us
gave their lives in the
Great War 1914-1918

Memorial Description:

Book of Remembrance 9 inches high x 6¼ inches wide (23cms x 16cmc).

The names are listed in a continual line rather than in columns. The names starting with the letter “A” have all the initial letters in blue. Those starting with “B” are in red and this is repeated through the whole book. Between each block of names is a red cross.
Lettering is calligraphed in red, black and gold.

It is contained in a case 14 inches high x 18 inches wide x 4 inches deep (76cms x 46cms x 10cms) with a sloping glass lid.

On the wall above is a small plaque giving details.

Names:

See transcript.

Notes:

1. Some names are split in two in the Book :- Thomas Beardmore, Alfred Copeman, Herbert Fothergill, George Garrington, John R. Mawhinney, Alfred McLean, Oscar Smurthwaite, Thomas E. Turnbull.

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; James Pasby

Sources of quotations
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John 15 v 13.
“The souls of the righteous . . .” Wisdom of Solomon 3 v 1

Additional Research Documents

W111.32 Photos of All Pages

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Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders

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Names Documents:

WEST HARTLEPOOL  St. Oswald’s Church

 

     Alleluia         

     Allelulia        

     Allelulia        

 

———————-

     To the

     glory of

     God

     and in loving and

     grateful memory of

     those who for Country

     for Home and for us          

     gave their lives in the      

     Great War                    

     1914-1918

———————-

 

     Greater love

     hath no man

     than this

    

     James Agar, George Airey, Alexander

     Anderson, Alexander Armin,

     William Armin, James Arnold,

     Sancton B. Arnold, John Armstrong,

     James T. Ashworth

         +

     Horace Bacon, William Barrett

     Charles E. Bartram, Thomas Beard-

     more, Albert Beck, James W. Bell,

     Edward J. Biller, James Blackwood,

     John W. Bolton, Edward Booth,

     William Booth, William Bower,

     Alexander Boyd, Albert E. Bradley,

     Thomas Browning, Harold Burroughs

         +

     Reuben Calvert, Edward Carr,

     George Carter, George W. Carter,

————————————————–

     Victor Carter, Henry Cherry, John E.   

     Clark, Robert P. Clark, Samuel

     Clark, Robert Clements, Sidney G.

     Clements, Harry Collins, Alfred Cope-   

     man, John G. Copeman, Robert   

     Coulson Edward Crawford   

         +   

     William Darnell, William R. Dobson,

     Robert Donaghy, Joseph Drew,

     William H. Duncan   

         +

     Charles Edwards, Jonas Eke

         +

     Michael Ferguson, William Field,

     Joseph E. Fleetham, Herbert Fother-

     gill, John G. Frank

         +

     Tiplady Garthwaite, George Gar-

     rington, James Gray, Howard   

     Greenlees

         +

     John J. Hansom, William F. Hardy,

—————————————————–

     Tom Harker, John Harland, Harry

     Harris, Charles N. Harvey, Bertie J.

     Haywood, Herbert G. Haywood,

     John J. Hester, Robert Heweson,

     William Hill, Raymond Holburn,

     Joseph Holroyd, William K. Hood

     Robert W. Hooper, Bertie Hutchinson,

     Herbert Hutchinson, Oswald Hutton,

     Arthur Hyde

         +

     Albert Jackson, William Jacques,

     Frederick Jeffries, Matthew Jenkins,

     Fred Jobling, William Johnson,

     William T. Johnson, Arthur Jolly

         +

     James W. Kirtley

         +

     Thomas Lake, William Lake, Matthew

     Lee, Thomas Lee, William Lindridge,

     Arthur G. Little, Benjamin Lupton

         +

     Tom P. Mack, Thomas B. Mann,

————————————————-

     Robert Martindale, James M. Matterson,

     George Mawhinney, John R. Mawhin-

     ney, Frank McAndrew, Alfred Mc-

     Lean, Thomas McLean, Thomas

     Middlemiss, James W. Middleton,

     John R. Mitchell, William Moor,

     Wilfred H. Moore, Charles de Moulpaed

         +

     Robert Newton, Charles J. Noble

         +

     Oscar J. Olsson, Wilfred R. Outhwaite

         +

     Charles Palmer, Frank Paterson, James

     Patten, Walter Pritchard, Archibald

     Proud, James L. Proud,

         +

     William Richardson, William C.

     Ridley, Samuel S. Ridley, Richard

     Robinson, Roland Robinson, Robert

     Robertson, Thomas Rowbotham,

     Alfred Rumble, Alfred J. Rundle

——————————————————

         +

     Herbert Sharpe, George Shaw, Harold

     Simm, William T.Sinden, Hilton

     Smith, Percy Smithson, Oscar Smurth-

     waite, John Sparshott, William Steel,

     William Steggar, Robert W. Stoker,

     William H. Stone, James Stuart

         +

     William Taylor, William Teece,

     Wilfred J. Thompson, Thomas E. Turn-

     bull, Arthur Turner

         +

     Frederick Unthank

         +

     James John Whitford

     Edward Ward, Philip Ward, Thomas

     Warnes, Walter Warnes, George A.

     Welch, George E. Wilson  

     

     The souls of the Righteous

     Are in the hand of

     God

——————————————————–

     Thou wast their Rock their

     Fortress and their Might

     Thou Lord their Captain

     In the well fought fight

     Thou in the darkness drear

     Their One True Light

     Allelula

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